Improvement in spinning-tops



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SPINNING TOPS No.181.,.85Z. Patented Sept.6,1876

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

ANDREW KERN, OF UTIGA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPINNING-TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 18 L852, datedSeptember 5, 1876; application filed February 28,- 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW KERN, of Utica, Oneida county, New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Top, of which the following is aspecification:

The invention consists of a tubular handle to the upper part of thespindle of'the top, within which the string for spinning the. top isattached to the spindle.

The handle allows the top to be held in the hand after it has been setrunning to be set down carefully in any required place, and the tubularform of it enables the string to wind on the spindle ready for spinningit again, and so avoids a separate string, which is not always at handwith the top.

Figure l is a top view of my improved top, and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the top B, the tubular handle; 0, the

upper spindle, fitted in the handle, so as to revolve freely; and D isthe string, which is attached to the spindle within the handle.

The top is held in one hand by the handle, and the string is pulled outby the other, as represented in Fig. 2, and the end of the string is letgo at the moment it is pulled out its length, so as to Wind up again,after which or at the same time the top is set down to spin. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- The tubular handle B, combined with the top, and thestring D, attached to the spindle within said handle, substantially asspecified.

ANDREW KERN.

Witnesses:

M. F. WARNER, N. A. WILLIAMS.

